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cephalalgic

cephalalgic adjective: relating to, or affected with, headache.

Adjective

cephalalgic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or affected with, headache.
    • the cephalalgic phase of simple migraine1993, Frederick Andermann, Occipital Seizures and Epilepsies in Children

Noun

cephalalgic (plural cephalalgics)

  1. (archaic) A remedy for the headache.
    Synonyms:
    anticephalalgic

Synonyms of cephalalgic

Forms of cephalalgic

pluralcephalalgics

Origin of cephalalgic

Latin cephalalgicus, from Ancient Greek.

Words formed from cephalalgic

Questions about cephalalgic

What does cephalalgic mean?
Cephalalgic means relating to, or affected with, headache.
What part of speech is cephalalgic?
Cephalalgic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cephalalgic in the dictionary

  1. cephalagia
  2. cephalagra
  3. cephalalgia
  4. cephalalgiaphobia
  5. cephalalgias
  6. cephalalgic
  7. cephalalgics
  8. cephalalgies
  9. cephalalgy
  10. cephalanthin
  11. cephalanthins

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